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Virginia's state government spending came in under budget last year, but not by enough to offset the money squeeze caused by state forecasters failing to recognize that a one-time bump in tax collections wasn't going to be repeated. And a just-released, two volume, 575 page review of Virginia's finances for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2014, by the Auditor of Public Accounts also reported more than 100 lapses in money-handling, data security and procurement across state government. The year before, the auditor reported 68. Overall, spending from the state's general fund – the pool of money raised by most state taxes and fees – was $343 million below...

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